VoL 3 GENTIANACEAE 317 



Local names: Alatin (Bag.); amuging (Ig.) ; anaiop (If.); doknam 

 (Ting.); dumdumaui (If.); dungalau (Ibn.) ; lagien-ti-subisub (Ilk.); la- 

 gundi-salasa (Bis.); malasambung (Tag.); maligus (Bon.); salibug 

 (Tagb.) ; sambongkala (Tag.); taliknono (Tag.); tugnang (Ilk.). 



GENTIANACEAE 

 1. EXACUM Linnaeus 



EXACUM CHIRONIOIDES Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent. (1839) 109, DC. Prodr. 



9 (1845) 45; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 556; F.-Vill. Novis. 



App. (1880) 136; Merr. Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 307. 

 Exacum tetrapterum Griseb. in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) 



Suppl. 1:50, DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 561. 

 Exacum albens Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 58, ed. 2 (1845) 39, ed. 3, 



1 (1877) 71, t. 202; Hallier f. in Beihefte Bot. Centralbl. 34" 

 (1916) 42, non Linn. 



Cobamba blancoi Azaola in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 591, ed. 3, 



2 (1878) 293. 



Exacum tetragonum F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 36; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 128, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 191, 



non Roxb. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Ilocos Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Zambales, 



Rizal), Mindoro," Panay, Mindanao. In open wet grasslands, swamps, etc., 



at low and medium altitudes. Widely distributed in Malaya; considered 



by Hallier to be distinct from E. tetragonum Roxb. 



Local names: Damon-kogon (Mang.) ; kanto-kanto (Tag.) ; lambu-lam- 

 bu (Bag.); marapina (Ilk.). 



EXACUM PARVIFLORUM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 96. 



Luzon (Bontoc), Vanoverbergh 758. On open slopes, altitude about 

 1.200 m. Endemic. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Exacum sulcatum Roxb. ; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 137, 



2. COTYLANTHERA Blume 



COTYLANTHERA TENUIS Blume Bijdr. (1825) 707; Figdor in Ann. Jard. 

 Bot. Buitenz. 14 (1897) 213, t. 21,, 27; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 223. 

 Eophylon tenellum A. Gray in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 11 (1871) 23. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Sorsogon), Palawan, Negros, 

 Mindanao. In damp primary forests at low and medium altitudes, ascend- 

 ing to 1,700 m. Rare or at least inconspicuous. Java, Borneo. 



3. ERYTHRAEA Renealm 



ERYTHRAEA SPICATA (Linn.) Pers. Syn. 1 (1905) 283; A. DC. Prodr. 

 9 (1845) 60; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 427. 

 Gentiana spicata Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 333. 

 Batan Islands (Batan), B. S. 311,2, 311,1,, 3231 Mearns. In open places 

 at low altitudes. Mediterranean region; introduced into Formosa by the 

 early Portuguese colonists, thence extending south to the Batan Islands. 



